09-14-2023, 03:22 AM
I spotted a CB1100 in early 2019, the first one I'd ever seen, in Sancho's Tacos, a little taco shack in Huntington Beach, CA that a lot of riders hang out at. I thought it was a middle '70s edition and I liked it, a lot. I talked to the owner, who said it was for sale. I test rode it, and made an offer, which he accepted. $5100. I rode that machine up and down PCH like I owned it. At a ride to Hell's Kitchen, I met a guy with a CB1100, and he told me my bars and clutch/brake reservoirs were not OEM. What? Yeah, he said, and showed me his. He was right. Seems the second owner had not liked the cafe racer treatment and had put it back to stock bars, but the levers and mirrors were Ebay parts. Oh. Well, I'll replace them, but I never did. I did change the mirrors tho. Still have it.